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>> martin fletcher in oslo, starting us off tonight. martin, thank you. >>> it is only monday morning in asia where financial markets are watching the unfolding u.s. debt showdown, and fears of a negative overseas reaction has touched off a flurry of activity in washington to get the framework of a deal done by as soon as tonight, including a white house powwow this evening between president obama and democratic congressional leaders. nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill to bring us up to speed. kelly? >> reporter: well, lester, no deal. speaker boehner told that to his house republicans today in a conference call. and while both parties have raised the concern about how markets might react negatively without a proposal in place, one aide told me that speaker boehner does not believe he is responsible for asian markets. boehner is setting a new target deadline now, hoping to have something ready by 2:00 tomorrow. no new photo ops to show the country both sides actually working together. instead, negotiators stayed behind closed door
>> martin fletcher in oslo, starting us off tonight. martin, thank you. >>> it is only monday morning in asia where financial markets are watching the unfolding u.s. debt showdown, and fears of a negative overseas reaction has touched off a flurry of activity in washington to get the framework of a deal done by as soon as tonight, including a white house powwow this evening between president obama and democratic congressional leaders. nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill to...
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martin fletcher joins me on the phone from oslo. martin, let's talk about what police are revealing about the suspect. what do they know? >> reporter: well, alex, he's 32 years old, and he's a norwegian. interestingly on his facebook page he updated his facebook page just a week ago, and on that he called himself a conservative and he called himself a christian and he said his favorite hobby was hunting. so this paints a picture of a man who seems to be -- well, how can you describe such a person? radical of some kind. the police are saying it looks like it was the same man who set off the bomb in downtown oslo. it appears he then got in a car, drove an hour or so to the island, which is about 30 miles away from norway's capital, and then carried out the shooting attack. that's what the police suspect, and that's what they've been saying so far, alex. >> martin, i'm curious about what we are hearing with regard to a second suspect. i just was speaking with evan coleman, a terrorist analyst, who said he believes if there's a second s
martin fletcher joins me on the phone from oslo. martin, let's talk about what police are revealing about the suspect. what do they know? >> reporter: well, alex, he's 32 years old, and he's a norwegian. interestingly on his facebook page he updated his facebook page just a week ago, and on that he called himself a conservative and he called himself a christian and he said his favorite hobby was hunting. so this paints a picture of a man who seems to be -- well, how can you describe such...
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nbc's martin fletcher is in norway this morning. what's going on there? >> reporter: hi, natalie. there was a big explosion in the center of oslo in an area of many government buildings. one eyewitness said there was smoke, chaos, many injured, apparently. we don't know about any deaths yet. no one knows what's going on. the eyewitness said he was afraid of more bombs, but there was a huge explosion. it is a national holiday in oslo today, so there were as many people in the city center as there could have been, natalie. >> thank you, martin fletcher reporting from london. >>> with just 11 days to go until the default deadline, president obama says he's still hoping to do, quote, something big and meaningful to reduce the federal deficit. officials say the president is making progress in his latest talks with house speaker john boehner. >>> james murdoch could be called to clarify his testimony before british lawmakers. a former legal adviser and editor is contradicting the news corp.'s executive's son saying he was well aware of hacking at "news of the world." this as the u.s. ju
nbc's martin fletcher is in norway this morning. what's going on there? >> reporter: hi, natalie. there was a big explosion in the center of oslo in an area of many government buildings. one eyewitness said there was smoke, chaos, many injured, apparently. we don't know about any deaths yet. no one knows what's going on. the eyewitness said he was afraid of more bombs, but there was a huge explosion. it is a national holiday in oslo today, so there were as many people in the city center...
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nbc's martin fletcher is ins a lo with more. good morning, martin. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. it's taken five days to begin releasing the names of the victi victims. so much confusion here. announced from 93 to 76, some relief, and all the while norway has been gripped by shock and confusion. here they say it flowers. oslo cathedral has been the focus of norway's grief. only now five days after the bombing and the massacre are they putting faces to the anguish. names of the victims are being released, mostly politically engaged teenagers. they say here the best of a generation. dead, a dancer, 20-year-old who made it on to norway's "got talent." 19-year-old halle, a student politician. this boy's family called him a big bear, killed trying to save his friends. some of the victims were immigrants or children of immigrants, whom people hated so much by the killer, 32-year-old anders breivik. he used special bullets to explode inside the body. a doctor here said he had never seen such internal destruction. survivors may be
nbc's martin fletcher is ins a lo with more. good morning, martin. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. it's taken five days to begin releasing the names of the victi victims. so much confusion here. announced from 93 to 76, some relief, and all the while norway has been gripped by shock and confusion. here they say it flowers. oslo cathedral has been the focus of norway's grief. only now five days after the bombing and the massacre are they putting faces to the anguish. names of the...
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martin fletcher, nbc news, london. >>> up next, the right price for your next home. right after these messages. >>> this morning on "today's" real asset, homes around the country for under $300,000. real estate contributor barbash corcoran is here to take us on apparently you can around the country. first, wisconsin in chippewa falls actually right outside minneapolis. this is priced at $239,000, three bedrooms. tell me about this? >> a great house. a big house. the only thing wrong with this house, in the front, no white trim. back of the house has it. we're showing that good shot on the front side. would you believe that's the same house? >> not at all. >> does that need a happy door and white trim? definitely. let's keep focusing on the house. inside, nine-foot ceiling, hardwood floors throughout the entire home. i love the big, old fireplace original to the house. open living room, sliding glass doors right into the back deck. a dining area, light and suny. also a windowed kitchen with cabinets and an island. a nice kitchen. who would object to the that? and off
martin fletcher, nbc news, london. >>> up next, the right price for your next home. right after these messages. >>> this morning on "today's" real asset, homes around the country for under $300,000. real estate contributor barbash corcoran is here to take us on apparently you can around the country. first, wisconsin in chippewa falls actually right outside minneapolis. this is priced at $239,000, three bedrooms. tell me about this? >> a great house. a big...
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martin fletcher in london. thank you. >>> the tsa is installing new privacy protection technology in 40 airports around the country and with the new software, when travelers pass through security, a generic body outline will be shown instead of the image of a naked body that had many flyers outraged. >>> hurricane dora is now a massive category 4 storm and is picking up steam churning off pacific coast of mexico. dora could bring life-threatening waves and riptides to the coast there and will not make landfall. there have been no atlantic hurricanes yet this season. let's head to wall street. mandy drury joins us at the new york stock exchange. good morning. >> good morning, natalie. it might be really hot outside, but weak economic date from both china and the european area overnight giving global investors the chills. also if you're holding technology stocks, you want to listen up to this because we got information from both mobile phone, network equipmentmaker ericsson and chipmaker intel and they were warni
martin fletcher in london. thank you. >>> the tsa is installing new privacy protection technology in 40 airports around the country and with the new software, when travelers pass through security, a generic body outline will be shown instead of the image of a naked body that had many flyers outraged. >>> hurricane dora is now a massive category 4 storm and is picking up steam churning off pacific coast of mexico. dora could bring life-threatening waves and riptides to the...
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martin fletcher is in oslo with more. martin, good morning. >> reporter: police keep adding more fascinating details. two minutes after they finally made it to the island they found anders breivik in a forest clearing with his hands up, guns on the ground with ammunition. at first police were afraid to approach him. they were afraid that he was carrying a bomb, but he warrant. t the killer wanted to liver. >> >> he stalked the teenagers like a shooting gallery on an island near oslo. >> really helpless. >> 360 miles to the north, a mother said she experienced the worst hour of her life. 5:42 the afternoon. ann got the text message from hell. >> tell the police there's a maniac going around here and he's shooting. 16-year-old daughter jewel i was hiding among the rocks while the killer hunted the teenagers and shot them one by one. >> she says we're scared to death here. >> another text. >> she said i love you even though i quarrel with you sometimes, then i really almost broke down because that was so, so moving, so touch
martin fletcher is in oslo with more. martin, good morning. >> reporter: police keep adding more fascinating details. two minutes after they finally made it to the island they found anders breivik in a forest clearing with his hands up, guns on the ground with ammunition. at first police were afraid to approach him. they were afraid that he was carrying a bomb, but he warrant. t the killer wanted to liver. >> >> he stalked the teenagers like a shooting gallery on an island...
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nbc's martin fletcher is in oslo this morning. martin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. anders breivik is in court right now being arraigned on charges of terrorism. meanwhile here at oslo cathedral, this has become the center of mourning. this drama is just what the confessed killer wants, to focus attention on his call for a christian war to defend europe against muslim domination. at noon local time today all of norway paused for a minute's silence in memory of the victims who died for one man's obsession. and at sunday's memorial in the oslo cathedral, king harold and queen sonya cried with their people. a nation shocked, listening with horror to the survivors of the massacre. >> he looked like a police officer. he had all the clothes and the gun and everything. >> the shooting was like fireworks or something. it sounded like fireworks. >> reporter: as breivik's lawyer said breivik planned the attack for months, but why? rarely has an alleged mass can kill ears motives been so clearly laid out. only two hours before allegedly setting off the massive bomb that killed
nbc's martin fletcher is in oslo this morning. martin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. anders breivik is in court right now being arraigned on charges of terrorism. meanwhile here at oslo cathedral, this has become the center of mourning. this drama is just what the confessed killer wants, to focus attention on his call for a christian war to defend europe against muslim domination. at noon local time today all of norway paused for a minute's silence in memory of the victims who...
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martin fletcher is in oslo, norway. good morning to you. >> norway is in mourning. people in disbelief that one of their own could have carried out the massacre. more details are emerging about the man who says he did it. >> reporter: the self-admitted killer warned norway in court there are two more terror cells. police said they don't believe him. at first he said he did it alone, but they're investigating as more chilling details emerged from survivors. >> no emotion. so close, so calm. could clearly see he was trained for this. >> more details about breivik too. photos show him partying with girls, a school boy, and on the internet as a hunter. his father spoke saying breivik's parents divorced when he was 1 or 2. father and son haven't been in touch for 16 years. no human being can do such a thing. my son, he said, should kill himself. the proun prince's step brother was killed, an off duty policeman pushed his 10-year-old son to safety before he was shot dead. after investigating possible more terrorists, there's concern about the performance of the police. af
martin fletcher is in oslo, norway. good morning to you. >> norway is in mourning. people in disbelief that one of their own could have carried out the massacre. more details are emerging about the man who says he did it. >> reporter: the self-admitted killer warned norway in court there are two more terror cells. police said they don't believe him. at first he said he did it alone, but they're investigating as more chilling details emerged from survivors. >> no emotion. so...